The Alchemist --- CHANGES in Santiago ?!

Santiago learned more things on the way while he was getting to the Pyramids than only being a shepherd. At first , he just liked everyone else that he was afraid to "Change". He never thought about to follow his recurrent dream if the old king didn’t show up. He never knew anything about omens. He never knew how to observe and read the omens. I think the old king became his HERO in his heart. When he met something challenged himself, his mind always showed up the time when the old king was talking to him. It means the old king affected him the most. The old king might even “light” Santiago’s road to his Personal Legend.

Besides, Santiago wasn’t afraid to change the way he always did, not liked the crystal merchant. He feared it might be disappointed himself after he changed something, so he never reached his own Personal Legend. In the beginning of the book, Santiago was anxious what would the “changes” bring to her but now he was more mature and confidence after all the experience he got from his journey.